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DAY 1 KUALA LUMPUR / COLOMBO (D) Depart at Kuala Lumpur for Colombo. Upon arrival Colombo, meet on arrival airport and leave for Negombo. Overnight stay in Negombo.

DAY 2 COLOMBO-SIGIRIYA B/L/D After breakfast proceed to Sigiriya via Oinnawala. Visit the elephant orphanage in . This orphanage is the home for about 60 elephants, out of which some are baby elephants found abandoned or orphanage in the wild. They are being cared, fed and trained by the wild life authorities. The best time to visit is during the feeding times, when one will have the opportunity of seeing the baby elephants being bottle-fed. Also could accompany the elephants to a river close-by and see them having their daily bath. Optional – Climb the 5th century Sigiriya rock fortress (Entrance fees – US$20.00 per person) which is a world heritage site, built by King Kashyapa (477-495 AD). The “Lion Rock” is a citadel of unusual beauty rising 200 metres from the scrub jungle. The rock was the innermost stronghold of the 70 hectare fortified town. A moat, rampart and extensive gardens including the renowned water gardens ring the base of the rock. Visit the world-renowned frescoes of the “Heavenly Maidens” of Sigiriya, which are in a sheltered pocket of the rock approached by a spiral stairway. These frescoes are painted in earth pigments on plaster. Overnight stay in Sigiriya.

DAY 3 SIGIRIYA-KANDY B/L/D After breakfast proceed to Kandy via . Visit the Dambulla Rock Temple. Climp up to the temple, which was donated by king Walagambahu in the 1st century BC to Buddhist monks. Dambulla is a World Heritage site and is the most impressive of Sri Lanka’s cave temples. The complex of five caves with over 2000 sq. metres of painted walls and the ceiling is the largest area of paintings found in the world, These caves contain over 150 images of the Buddha of which the largest is the colossal figure of the Buddha carved out of rock spanning 14 metres. Visit a spice garden in to see the different spices, which Sri Lanka is famous for. You will be introduced to different spices and shown how some of these spices are grown and processed. Do a city tour of Kandy. Kandy was the last capital of the Sri Lankan Kinds, and is a World Heritage Site. The name Kandy conjures visions of splendour and magnificence. Many of the legends, traditions and folklore are still lovingly kept alive. Drive around the built by the last Sinhala king Sri Wickrama Rajasinghe in 1798. Visit the Kandy town and Bazaar, the arts & crafts centre and a gem museum and a lapidary. In the evening visit the relic and thereafter witness a cultural show featuring traditional Sri Lankan dancing. Overnight stay in Kandy.

DAY 4 KANDY-COLOMBO B/L/D After breakfast proceed to Colombo via . Visit the Peradeniya Botanical gardens. This botanical garden was first built as a pleasure garden by a Sinhala king and was expanded by the British, It is 147 acres in extent and provides an amazing variety of trees, plants and flowers. Do a city tour of Colombo. Colombo like many capital cities in developing countries is fast changing its face. Almost overnight, skyscrapers arise from where old buildings once stool. Yet in some parts, the Old World charm is retained. As an example there is a 100 year old clock tower and several British built colonial buildings. Other places of interest are the old Parliament in Fort, Hindu and a Buddish temple, residential areas where you find the stately homes of the affluent and the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference hall – BMICH, an outright gift to Sri Lnka from the People’s Republic of . Do a shopping tour. Visit the Ceramics Corporation showrooms, shopping complex and ODEL Unlimited Dress Boutique. Overnight stay in Colombo.

DAY 5 COLOMBO / KUALA LUMPUR B After breakfast transfer to airport for your flight back to Kuala Lumpur. * itinerary subject to change TRAVELSIGHT (M) SDN BHD (50037-A) KKKP No. 0025 1st Floor Wisma Robert Wong 89 & 91 Jalan Bukit Bintang 55100 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tel: 03 2148 8255 Fax: 03 2142 0645 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] www.travelsight.com.my